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Akkadian
dabû - bear
(CAD D 17, AHw. 148)
Attested in a few SB literary texts and lexical lists, in earlier periods in proper names only. Cf. further Landsberger 1934: 82-3, Salonen 1976: 194-5. Geminated -b- i n da-ab-bu (Malku V 50) is probably due to a WS influence.
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PS
*dubb-
- bear
(SED II No. 65; Kogan 2011: 208)
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